In using HeadDownTrainers,there are many ways that an athlete may use the product for training in baseball. All position players can benefit from training sessions with Head Down Trainers, because the glasses let the player concentrate on the sense of vision, so that the brain can send out correct motor impulses. This is important in the many physical requirements demanded in the game of baseball.

The catcher's position, a demanding defensive position that requires a great number of skills. Head Down Trainers can be used in the 3 most fundamental tasks of the catcher position:

• 1. Receiving: Using the glasses in training drills for receiving the ball will help the catcher in tracking and catching the various different movements of breaking balls, change of speeds, and locations of particular pitches for utmost strike zone quality.

  2. The art of Framing that gives quality pitches a definite good look by the umpire for calling strikes. Naturally, every pitcher would like to have optimum percentage of his pitches called strikes.

  3. The most important job of the catcher is blocking pitches in the dirt, thus preventing the wild pitch or passed ball. How many games are decided by the "dreaded" passed ball or wild pitch? Well, get that catcher working with Head DownTrainers and see those passed ball numbers drop, no matter who your catcher is.
  

• The art of fielding the ground-ball. HDT will train you to watch the ball, and keep your head down. A player who fields a ground-ball must bend his knees, and get his head and eyes to stay on the ball. It is much easier to bring your glove-hand up, than to try to take your body down. HDT ensures this basic action by using the training glasses...."try it." Head Down Trainers reinforces the technique of seeing the ball into the pocket of the glove. What more can you ask for in learning the technique of fielding the baseball. Play fundamentally: Both hands, out to in (see the ball) with glove hand down to up for sudden bounces or bad hops. Practice with the HDT, to position the head and aid in the visibility of both eyes.

• The Art of Hitting, which everyone likes to do, but is clearly the most difficult part of the game. In teaching hitting, emphasis should be placed on seeing the ball. Ted Williams, the greatest hitter in the game said, "Get a good ball to hit." You must see the ball in order to be hitting the ball. The head must be quiet in the swing; moving the head during the swing will limit a hitter's visual ability. A quiet head assures the accuracy of vison. HDT will calm the head or emphasize quiet eyes and help shoulder angle. Practice with HDT to position the head and aid in the visibility of both eyes. Visualization and visual training plays a large part in being a good hitter. Practice seeing the release, the flight, and the spin and movement as much as possible. Getting the strike zone under control can help a player become a good hitter.

  
  Head Down Trainers will guarantee less errors and less strikeouts.

  Yours Truly,

  Coach Tom O'Connell
  Hall of Fame Coach 2004
  American Baseball Coaches Association